Deck 20: Policy-Making

Question 1

Public policies can be conceived as the main ??________ of a political system.

Answer 1

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Question 2

One important typology of public policies was introduced by Wilson. Whats the type of politics to its category.

Answer 2

a. Concentrated costs and concentrated benefits = Interest group politics
b. Concentrated costs and diffuse benefits = Entrepreneurial politics
c. Diffuse costs and concentrated benefits = Client politics
d. Diffuse costs and diffuse benefits = Majoritarian politics

Question 3

Whats the following statements about policy-making to the underlying conceptual model.

Answer 3

a. Policy-making is determined by the interplay of the executive/legislative power = Institutional model
b. Policy-making can be analysed with game theory = Rational model
c. Policy-making often results in suboptimal outcomes = Incremental model
d. Policy-making is the result of a severe competition = Group model

Question 4

Whats the following key words to the respective stage in the policy cycle.

Question 5

Policy formulation is the stage in the policy cycle where most actors are involved.

Question 6

Why is the notion of national policy styles problematic? Please select all that apply.

A) There is a remarkable variation in policy styles within single countries.
B) Increasing internationalization leads to the gradual erosion of national policy styles.
C) The notion of national policy styles is not a very strong analytical category.
D) The notion of national policy styles largely ignores path dependencies.

Question 7

Policy convergence is the logical result of the processes of policy diffusion and policy transfer.

Question 8

There are several mechanisms of internationalization that affect national policy-making. Whats the following cases to the mechanism they fit most.

Question 9

Regulatory competition typically results in a race to the bottom.

Question 10

Pick the two most important institutional factors that influence policy-making. Please select all that apply.

A) The electoral system.
B) The relationship between executive/legislative.
C) The cognitive and normative frames.
D) The national policy styles.